Former Trump administration official John Gibbs has defeated Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) in a U.S. House primary race that went down to the wire Tuesday night in Michigan, Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman reported.
With 84% of the vote in, Gibbs led by more than 5,000-votes at the time of publishing, according to Decision Desk HQ. The two candidates traded leads throughout the night before Gibbs finally held on for good after midnight local time.
I’ve seen enough: Trump-endorsed John Gibbs (R) defeats pro-impeachment Rep. Peter Meijer (R) in the #MI03 GOP primary and will face Hillary Scholten (D) in November.
Rating change: @CookPolitical will be moving #MI03 from Toss Up to Lean D.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 3, 2022
Gibbs was endorsed by Trump in November and
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